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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.25849/myrmecol.news_007:055
  • Open Access: CC BY 4.0
  • Author: Tartally, A. & Varga, Z.
  • Year: 2005
  • Title: Myrmica rubra (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): the first data on host-ant specificity of Maculinea nausithous (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Hungary
  • Journal: Myrmecological News
  • Volume: 7
  • Pages: 55-59
  • Type of contribution: Original Article
  • Supplementary material: No
  • Abstract: In total, 58 overwintered Maculinea nausithous (BERGSTRÄSSER, 1779) larvae were found in nests of Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758) from three sites in West Hungary. These results confirm that M. rubra is, in general, the host ant of M. nausithous. Twenty-eight larvae of M. nausithous and eight larvae of M. teleius (BERGSTRÄSSER, 1779) were found in a single M. rubra nest, which is a huge density for predacious butterfly species. Open access, licensed under CC BY 4.0. © 2005 The Author(s).
  • Key words: Maculinea nausithous, Myrmica rubra, host-ant specificity, Hungary.
  • Publisher: The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
  • ISSN: Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500